... ?? PAVING AND LIGHTIiVG 'pS COMMITTEE. I The uslrsl fortnightly meeting of this Committee was lri ?? (Friday), at the Town Hall. There were bt ?? B. P. Grimsoy (chairman), Mr. A. F. prone (vire clairinll) the Mayor (Mr. F. Fish), Mr: ioetll, Mi. B. Grinnmwae, Mr. F. A. Chaistie, D1r. B Jeffrios, Mr. W. HEutchinson, Mr. Alfred pile, ,,d hIr. F. Turner. THE GAS. The Gas Inspector (Mr. Sayer), ...

... The course of Museum lectures upon fish, birds, rep- tiles ant mammals was resumed on Friday, after the Winter vacation, by Dr. J. E. Taylor, curator of the Museum, at the Temperance Hall, to a crowded audience. Dr. Taylor said, in resuming these lectures, he purposed to show, by means of the oxyhydrogen lantern, a few types of the different orders of birds which had already been referred to. ...

... The remarkably dry and caln weather continues, favouring all agricultural operations. In the North of Europe navigation is almost entirely free from interrup 1 tion by ice, so that shipments of grain have taken place i at a period much earlier than usual. The abundance of c vegetables and great cheapness of potatoes-from 50s. a ton-greatly assist the working classes and restrict the t demand ...

... SUDDEN DErATr.--A young man, named Edwards,died very suddenly of heart disease at his father's residence, on Saturday last. Deceased had been drinking all Saturday at different houses, and went home about seven o'clock in the evening and laid himself down on the bed with his clothes on. He was found dead next morning. A postmortem examination, made by the Messrs. Crow- foot, showed that the ...

... TI TE ESSEX AND SUFFOLK . .FOXHOUNDS. I I -- ?? pleasurc I seud you an account of another I-l'vr with these hounds. On Monday, the 9th inst., elet was at Donyland Lodge, the residence of an Mate (Major Tyssen Holroyd), which is regarded by 'Y ot the followvers of this pack as a poor meet, owing o - niouber of covers. Nevertheless, a fair muster eel1 UP, and those who were absent, saving their ...

... 'RE CefARGeES OF INDECENT AeSAULT.-At Strit. ord Petty S3essionsB on Saturday, Henry Barwiek Skil lags v5 ?? charged with having assaulted a number °f girls attendinw a school kept by his wife at Leyton. rther evidenee vans given before a remand was ordered. In the COil'S5 of the proneedings, the prisoner's solicitor, Mi'. Atkinson, retired from the caso. BERGHOLT (WEST). Skn DEATH OF AN AGED ...

... THE IPSWICH JOIURNAL. I I Another constituency has spoken, and another record has been made of protest against the recent legislation of the Government. On Tues. day Mr. Dawnay was returned for North York- shire by a majority of 386 votes. There are no less than 20,037 voters on the roll, and of these .as many as 15,884 recorded their votes; 8,135 for Dawnay, the Conservative, and 7,749 for Mr ...

... (By our' Special Correspondent.) Anunofficial proclamation is sent forth to the effect that if Parliament does not think fit to adopt the Cabinet's forthcoming new rules of Parliamentary pre- cedure it is to be punished by immediate dissolution. The announcement is made by means of a new form of unofficial machinery. The country newspapers' London correspondent comes and goes between the ...

... HARLESTON. GAwDy HALL RENT AUDIT.-The usual half-yearly gathering of the tenants upon this property was held on Friday last, at the Swan Hotel, when a capital dinner was supplied by Mr. Youngman, the hoest, to which all present did ample justice. In proposing the health of the land- lord, Mr. Denny expressed his regret at the unavoidable absence of Mr. Holmes, who had recently left on a visit ...

... THE RAINFALL IN lSL I Siz,-I beg to enclose a copyo egs of mrainft fall here for ?? past year. It exceeds the fall of 190- 1 2'1S. l I am, Sir, yours truly, REUBEN WHITEREAD. Mount Pleasant, Framlingham. I January, 1SS2. Number of Total Greatest Fall in days onwhich Month. Depth. 24 Hours. 01 or more fell. Inches. Depth. -Pate.l January ?? 11; 053 27 6 February ?? 3721 Or87 9 14 ?? 172 100 5 7 ...

... HARLESTON LITER&sB SocieTY.-On Thursday evening a meeting was held at the Crown Coffee Tavern to consider the desirability of establishing a Mutual Improvement or Literary Society. Between 20 and 30 were present, and it is probable that this number would have been consider- ably increased if those interested in starting the affair bad not made the mistake of sending out unsigned circulars. The ...

... -THE telegraph is a great nuisance to Continental despotisms and to their executive officers. The wires are apt to become excited, and to convey dangerous and damaging information. In Russia the official3 imagine they have done cleverly when they stop private messages and set about the concoction of their OWD story of any event or series of events. But the results do not bear them out. The ...